• Doc Avid Mornington@midwest.social
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    7 months ago

    They used to, and they can again. A party is not a person or even a group of people. Let that silly anthropomorphism go. A party is a tool, a lever of power. Don’t like the people who control it? Great! Neither do I. Let’s take it from them.

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      7 months ago

      Ask Jessica Cisneros what happens when you try.

      The party fights progressives and capitulates to Republicans.

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        7 months ago

        The people who control the party fight progressives and capitulate to Republicans. Of course the people who control the party are going to fight us to keep control of it. It remains the only viable tool to win in general elections. Blaming “the party” is like being on a losing football team and blaming the ball.

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          The people who control the party fight progressives and capitulate to Republicans. Of course the people who control the party are going to fight us to keep control of it. It remains the only viable tool to win in general elections. Blaming “the party” is like being on a losing football team and blaming the ball.

          “The party” is shorthand for those who control it.